Interest growing in parents looking to learn more about homeschooling

Ryan Kilgore taught elementary school for five years before having children of her own and making the decision to stay home. But she isn't only a stay-at-home mom.

She's also her kid's teacher.

"Since I was a public school teacher I saw what was going on behind the scenes," Kilgore said. "I knew I didn't want my children in public school."

Kilgore and her husband, who is also an educator and teaches math at the college level, decided to homeschool. She teaches 5-year-old Carli and 3-year-old Quinn for about four hours a day. They do it mainly for religious reasons but said there are other benefits.

"They don't have to deal with peer pressure," Kilgore said. "They don't have to deal with violence."

Kilgore said she wouldn't be surprised if more parents start considering it after the wave of violence, not only nationally but locally, too.

On Wednesday, police arrested a 14-year-old student for bringing a loaded gun to Sterling High School on Martindale Road in Houston. Investigators said he told them he was carrying the weapon to protect himself from gang members.